Mental Strength
People who have what we call “Mental Strength” share some common healthy habits of the mind. They tend to manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in ways that set them up for success in life....
View ArticleIn defense of the masses ( how I learned to love capitalism and help the poor )
Students of history will recognize that the terms capitalism, capital, and capitalists were employed by Marx as part of his campaign to convince the world of the inevitability of Socialism. They are...
View ArticleEbola and you.
We all need to STOP and think about Ebola with the science of transmission in our minds eye. With 21 day quarantines all the rage these days ( it reminds me of the post 9|11 security theater that we...
View ArticleRemembering Sam Shepherd
http://alexhorovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SamuelBrooksShepherd.m4v The music and pictures for this tribute slide show were selected by Drew and Kate Murray.
View ArticleCartoon Debate: The case for mocking religion
By Christopher Hitchens On Wednesday January 7th 2015, gunmen attacked the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12. The magazine was known for printing images of the prophet...
View ArticleHumanity vs. Islam
The problem is not with humanity, it is with Islam. As Anjem Choudary, the London based Muslim cleric in London and a lecturer in sharia, wrote in his opinion piece in USA Today, “Contrary to popular...
View ArticleMorality at it’s roots
As we have seen in the debate in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo murders, religion is frequently held up as a model of correct or moral behavior. Yet, many apologists for religion all seek to carve...
View ArticleAgility: Not Only For Software
Way back when, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, groups of software engineers got fed up. They were tired of following a process that was not designed by them for their craft and often ended up...
View ArticleRoots: my journey to see my relatives in Israel…
It’s the third time I’ll be visiting Israel and the first time since right around the time Rabin was elected in June of 1992. Interestingly I’ll be visiting just after another Israeli Legislative...
View ArticleDiaspora Diarist
Dateline March 28, 2015: Today I stood with my father on the top of the Golan Heights and I understood in a much more visceral way than ever before why Israel will never relinquish this strategic...
View ArticlePan Mass
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